
Rachel Ann BarryUniversity of Edinburgh | UoE · Department of Social Policy
Rachel Ann Barry
Master of Arts
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Introduction
Additional affiliations
September 2016 - present
July 2013 - July 2016
August 2011 - May 2013
Education
September 2016 - May 2019
August 2011 - May 2013
August 2007 - May 2011
California State University, Sacram
Field of study
- Political Science and Spanish Language and Literature
Publications
Publications (10)
Aims:
To evaluate how young adults perceive and compare harms and benefits of marijuana and tobacco products in the context of a legal marijuana market in Colorado.
Design:
Semi-structured qualitative interviews.
Setting:
Denver, Colorado, USA.
Participants:
Thirty-two young adults (18-26 years old) who used tobacco/marijuana/vaporizers. Sem...
BACKGROUND: Worldwide moves to legalize marijuana due to social justice, economic, and public safety concerns are quickly spreading. Uruguay, an international leader in tobacco control, became the first country to legalize the sale and distribution of marijuana, and sought to apply its WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) policies to...
The four states that have legalized retail marijuana are not using best practices from public health in developing regulations for marijuana, and rather are implementing pro-commercial regulatory frameworks, often modeling policies on those enacted for alcohol. The history of major multinational corporations using aggressive marketing strategies to...
Summary Points
• The US states that have legalized retail marijuana are using US alcohol policies as a model for regulating retail marijuana, which prioritizes business interests over public health.
• The history of major multinational corporations using aggressive marketing strategies to increase and sustain tobacco and alcohol use illustrates th...
Policy Points
E‐cigarettes are new products that are generating policy issues, including youth access and smokefree laws, for local and state governments.
Unlike with analogous debates on conventional cigarettes, initial opposition came from e‐cigarette users and retailers independent of the multinational cigarette companies.
After the cigarette co...
Background: The movement to legalize marijuana gained momentum in 2014 when Colorado, Washington, Alaska, and Oregon passed citizen-initiatives to legalize retail sales. Marijuana legalization advocates in California are planning a 2016 initiative campaign to tax and regulate marijuana. Marijuana is often used by tobacco users and/or in combination...
California's position as a leader in tobacco control is under threat by the resurgence of the
tobacco industry, the emergence of new unregulated tobacco products, and the decreasing
spending power of the tobacco control program.
• Countering a resurging tobacco industry will require advocates to be much more visible and
assertive in challenging pol...
Context:
In 2012, Washington State and Colorado legalized the recreational use of marijuana, and Uruguay, beginning in 2014, will become the first country to legalize the sale and distribution of marijuana. The challenge facing policymakers and public health advocates is reducing the harms of an ineffective, costly, and discriminatory "war on drug...